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OrvEer I.—BEETLES (COLEOPTERA). 
Remarks on Beetles, 18.—Carnivorous Beetles, 19.—The Northern 
Lady-Bird, 20.—Its Use, 21.—Tiger Beetles, 22.—Green Cater- 
pillar-Hunter, 24.—Red-Spotted Caterpillar-Hunter, 24.—Recol- 
lections of the Crimea, 24.—Mr. Ditson’s Circassia, 27.—Professor 
Pallas and the Empress Catharine II., 28.—Scavenger Beetles, 31. 
—Grubs eaten by the Ancients, 33.—Enthusiasm for the Study of 
Insects, 33.—The Bronze Dung Beetle, 34.—Use of it, 35.—Catch- 
ing and preserving Beetles, 36.—The Tumble-Bug, or Pellet Bee- 
tle, 37.—The Egyptian Pellet Beetle, 37.—Wooden Fences injuri- 
ous to Rural Economy, 38.—The Horned Passalus, 39.—The Stag 
* Beetle, 40.—The Indian Cetonia, 41.—The Fox-like Cetonia, 42. 
—The Horned Fungus Eater, 43.—The Cabinet Beetle, 44.—The 
Carrion Beetles, 45.—The Crusader Carrion Beetle, 46.—The Big 
Grave-Digger, 46. — Herbivorous Beetles, or Plant Eaters, 47. — 
The Entomologist, 48.—Maxims and Cunning of Peter the Great, 
Emperor of Russia, 49.—Spring Beetles, 49.—The Velvet-Spotted 
Spring Beetle, 50.—The Lightning Spring Beetle, 51.—Human 
Life saved by it, 52.—Nature of their Light, 53.—Capricorn Bee- 
tles, 54.—The Painted Capricorn, 55.—Legislative Protection of 
Birds, 56.—The Cloak-Bearing Capricorn, 56.—Snout Beetles, 
57.—The Palm-Weevil, 58.—The Wheat-Weevil, 59.—The Rice 
Weevil, 59.—The Pea-Weevil, 60.—The Leaf Eaters, 61.—The 
Gilded Dandy, 61. 
OrvER II.—BUGS (HEMIPTERA). 
The Red-Eyed Cicada, 64.—Its frequent Appearance, 65.—Letter 
of Dr. T. W. Harris, 66.—Incorrectness of its Name, ‘‘ Seventeen- 
Years’ Locust,” 67.—The Locust mentioned in the Scriptures, 68. 
—The Lyerman, 70.—Metamorphosis of Cicadas, 71.—Use of 
them, 72.—Their different Species, 73.—Impositions in Natural 
History, 74.—The Lantern-Fly of Madame Merian, 73.—The 
Louse, 77.—Leuwenhoeck’s Observations, 78.—Phthiriasis, 78. 
—The Bed-Bug, 79.—The Persian Bug, 80.—The Banian Hos- 
pital at Surat, 80.—The Squash-Bug, 81.—Its Injuries, and how 
to prevent them, 81.—The Wheel-Bug, 82.—Tree-Hoppers, 82.— 
Plant-Lice, 83.—Shield-Lice, 84.—How to prevent their Injuries, 
85.—The Cochineal, 87.—Commerce with it, 88.—The Shellac 
